Srinagar, Feb. 15 -- Thirty four year old expecting mother Rukhsana (name-changed) was reported at Lal Ded Maternity Hospital with high blood pressure and searing pain in her calves.
After examining her, doctors found that she was not into the labour. Baffled by her condition, doctors ran some tests for proper diagnoses. One of her test reports showed that her vitamin D blood test levels stood at 0.04 against the standard 25 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml).
"I was brought to the hospital in a hypertensive state. My legs were failing me and I felt a searing pain in my calves," said Rukhsana.
Doctors attending on her attributed the symptoms of weakness and high blood pressure to the low levels of essential sunshine vitamin.
Similarly, a ...